Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea2272abbc28491b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:58:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 68c1280867cdd17e8672587dc8d6a9d5 SHA-1: 7791900e93091f26ed5ab8158ad642a55a49bf74 SHA-256: ea2272abbc28491b43d0b0747ad1d650270ff8fed5fe44dcd291457ecacd4a2e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d608257a2d299d5490c98f009753d7f/54427415428.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/gebavosatukejovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/63144929908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f203f99fbd893a2e8c233ba8e2a4b9c/sibedujonozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a0921766c---48101776249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3uudnl9b5mbqtfbhl6stl4k07/rorane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/lutiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e30297693d4---gupukuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///28294988278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-mtal-p6a3a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66119799674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/13363250938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/89690873617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161284b9e0c08a---pevigelavodajidixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/tidetojowipawobejowaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/migokokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/98496321654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/76741880106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chasehr.in/userfiles/file/ginewewuremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608351772d549---79299509917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/64351451512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///tawigopuvuvebigakazaran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfmaccounting.com/webroot/img/content/files/turodanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/tefadiburijexexumonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/laboxerepofire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodeslaboratori.eu/userfiles/files/3359162281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d661ac1602f6a67d4b91f43b390a36/1544538376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=amie+material+science+and+engineering+question+paper+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c8c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C5 11192 bytes
SHA-256: d79774ac5cab8aedbf51bc73d1be100db0ac94833dbea1d78662b3b8f6ad8aa4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE268 18360 bytes
SHA-256: d5163ed54b81063b94dc52553799d1144fe0d18d06d9273b7b0363ecb929453d
font_02_sfnt_off00011227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11227 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1